WASHINGTON Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this week.

WASHINGTON The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, two days after New Jersey's governor and other Northeast Republicans upbraided Speaker John Boehner for killing a broader package for state and local governments in the storm's path.